Mature To expire or cease to exist. … [Read more...]
Maturity
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Maturity The date of repayment of principal on bonds. Date when swap stops accruing interest in an interest rate swap. … [Read more...]
Maturity Factoring
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Maturity Factoring Collection and insurance of accounts receivable undertaken as part of a factoring arrangement. … [Read more...]
Maturity Guarantee
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Maturity Guarantee The amount in dollars that is guaranteed to the holder of a contract at the expiry of a pre determined time period. … [Read more...]
Maturity Phase
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Maturity Phase Related: Three-phase DDM. Development phase for company when earnings continue to increase in line with general economic growth. … [Read more...]
Maturity Spread
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Maturity Spread The yield difference or spread between any two bonds with different maturities. … [Read more...]
Maturity Value
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Maturity Value Related: par value. For bonds, amount that holder will receive at maturity. … [Read more...]
Maximum Price Fluctuation
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Maximum Price Fluctuation Related: limit price. The greatest degree to which contract price can fluctuate, up or down, during each trading session. Determined by exchange rules detailed in the contract. … [Read more...]
MBS Depository
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MBS Depository Depository initially operated by MBSCC for GNMA securities. Currently being converted to a corporate trust company under the purview of State of New York Banking Law, that will be a participant-owned and limited-purpose entity. … [Read more...]
MBS Servicing
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MBS Servicing Understanding that mortgage servicer is required to maintain payment due on principal and interest even if such payments have not been collected at the time of due date. … [Read more...]
Mean of the Sample
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Mean of the Sample The average calculated arithmetically. Total sum of the data units divided by number of such data units. … [Read more...]
Mean Return
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Mean Return With securities analysis, mean return is the expected value of all possible returns of assets in a portfolio. Also called "expected return". In capital budgeting, mean return denotes mean value of probability distribution of possible returns. … [Read more...]
Mean-Variance Analysis
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Mean-Variance Analysis Measurement of high risk choices based on the predicted values and variance of outcomes possible. … [Read more...]
Mean-Variance Criterion
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Mean-Variance Criterion Portfolio selection strategy based on means and variances of expected returns from each. Selection of lower variance portfolio to match a specific expected return or higher expected return portfolio to match specified level of variance. … [Read more...]
Mean-Variance Efficient Portfolio
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Mean-Variance Efficient Portfolio Refer : Markowitz efficient portfolio. Portfolio with highest expected return for a given risk evaluation. … [Read more...]
Measurement Error
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Measurement Error Inaccuracies arising in evaluating explanatory variables in a regression analysis that causes bias in parameters estimated. … [Read more...]
Medium-Term Note
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Medium-Term Note Debt instruments originating from a corporate entity and offered by agent of the corporate to investors at any time during a fixed period. Maturity may be in following bands: up to 30 years, 18 months to 2 years, 1 year to 18 months, and 9 months to 1 year. … [Read more...]
Mega Cap
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Mega Cap Businesses or companies that have a market capitalization exceeding $200 billion. … [Read more...]
Membership or a Seat on the Exchange
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Membership or a Seat on the Exchange Number of exchange positions that allow holder to conduct trades in his own accounts and in that of clients’ by means of charging a fee for such execution of trades. … [Read more...]
